Science fiction fans: I want a BIG story. Galactic-scale, eons of history lurking in the story’s negative space. Mass Effect and the Hyperion series did this pretty well for me. What should I be reading, given this craving? (Say something other than Dune.)
Oh no!
...I just got Phlebas in the mail literally minutes ago.
What didn't you like about Phlebas? I started with Player of Games last month on @OmanReagan recommendation. I loved it!
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Oh it's not so bad. Any
#IainMBanks has great stuff. But I find the protagonist & his hate-the-Culture perspective (Banks takes a risk introducing the Culture via a hostile outsider) a bit of a drag. The island bit (you'll know it when it comes along) is amazing, & amazingly dark -
Ah, okay. Maybe that's why I was told to read Player of Games first...
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